The Fifth Column

* Too much toilet paper * A subway shooting in Brooklyn * BTW, dude isn’t dead * Mike Tyson might kill that YouTube guy with the dumb earrings * On banning Tik Tok * Texans have no porn * Who will win the Russian elections???? * Anti-Italian cable descramblers and freaky phones * Malaysian monitors Russian election from basement apartment in Malaysia * That’s not what democracy looks like * A Fani...

* How the Fifth Column helped destroy Josh’s public radio career * People who started on “our side” but went around the bend… * Consistency, people * The shrinking of acceptable American opinion * Sure, we all have our own biases…but… * Echo chambers and media fragmentation * Right wing “cancel culture” * Florida cancels DEI departments. Good or bad? * MSNBC panel: “Immigrants in Virginia? LOL!” *...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Birthdays was the worst days, now Coen drinks champagne when he’s thirstay * Stolen packages * 9-0… but not really * Disaster for democracy! * We’re worried about Keith Olbermann * Disastrous polls for Ol’ Joe * The RAGE and the pride * As always, Trump is raising money * Keith is crying piss * A bizarro time machin...

* The worst Scouse accent ever * Blackfishing  * Trump and Tish * Lawyers and lawfare * A lunatic DEI artifact from…that company * Congress’s Venceremos Brigade * The immigrant song * The lads disagree… * With burning concern * Fetterman, Mitch, Biden, Tucker again * Matt Remke getting worked * And so much more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Back to New York * Subways and free markets * Milei pisses on mercantilism, MAGA types don’t notice * The Foxconn con * The rise and fall of Vice * No one talks about the content…they should * Funny, QAnon all the time doesn’t make money * Shane Gillis om SNL * Nora Dunn and Dice * The people will always decide * A...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Matt calls in from a murder motel in Southern California that doesn’t really have wifi. He saves a few bucks. Kmele and Moynihan do the heavy lift. Everybody wins. A few topics discussed: * Houthi bodegas * Industrial policy schizophrenia * Will Kmele join the “back to Africa” movement? * Ujamma and Nyerere’s stash *...

* The Fani Willis train wreck * Daddy and the sacks of cash * $9,999 * Russian McDonalds is so good that Tucker doesn’t care about freedom of the press * The political pilgrim * The murder of Alexei Navalny * A wave of whataboutism * Are your 19 year old daughters about to be drafted to fight in Gaza? * Time to retreat from the world? * OpenAI videos are sort of terrifying * Free Rachel Dolezal Kw...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Kmele gets an Apple Vision Thing because of he course he does. And he wears it the whole episode because of course he does. It’s a racist product, btw. And Bobby Jr’s Super Bowl ad was good. And Matt likes Usher, it seems. And certain conservatives like visiting and praising dirtbag dictatorships. And in case you hadn...

We’re back with two episodes smashed into one! So if you have a spare two hours… First up, our friend Coleman Hughes returns for a one-on-one conversation with Kmele about his brand-new book The End of Race Politics, which you should buy immediately . Also: Coleman was on Bill Maher’s show on Friday, most of which is available on YouTube. After an hour with Coleman, the full team is back for a few...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com A rebroadcast of Sunday’s live Zoom, available only to subscribers, of course. And this particular live event was only available to Never Fly Coach- tier subscribers. So you know what that means: If you’re not subscribed, maybe it’s time to pony up? And if you’re already a subscriber…remember that there are different...

* The point of a dagger * The Messenger of death * The billionaire model * WE NEED SOME QUICK BITES * The murder of James O’Keefe * Horrible people, horrible ideas, great writing * Requisite 2024 talk * In (soft of) defense of Jon Stewart * Cori Bush is the Whitney Houston of Congress * LD on Simmons pod * Jamaal Bowmen is the Philip Larkin of 9/11 (hmmmmmm) * Yay for Aaron! * And so much more! Th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * A black man on his toes * MJ at the Apollo * A “Compassionate” Traitor * Ron Radosh’s review of the doc * An entire life of lies * And a list of actual commies in the government (Note from MM: When I say “married to Ethel Rosenberg, * A shitty copy of Mission to Moscow * Listeners and Redditors: you’re wrong about T...

Oh dear. Watching the New Hampshire returns, the lads do a spot-on impression of the good old, liquor-soaked days of 2016 Fifth Column and get pretty deep in their cups…so yeah, sorry about this one. * Trump wins * Cutting from Trump’s dumb speech * 20 percent for Dean Phillips * This is, in fact, democracy * No one says anything on cable news * The speeches * The overstatement machine * Moralism...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Michael Winslow RIP? * Joe Rogan would tear Kmele in half * The cockfighting story that never was * Some pretty pathetic fight stories * That insane UK piano player video * HHHHHHAMAAAAAAZZZ * Chris on Kmele’s pejorative for the Irish * The end of Ron * It was always “inevitable” * Back to the basement * Voters and...

* This time, we’re not going to hold back * Destroying from the ladies tees * I love with Doug * More media implosions * ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ * Democracy is over when my irrelevant newspaper folds * Passover is too Jewish * The uniqueness of the Holocaust * Opinion mongers making calls about newsworthiness * This era as history * Whatchutalkinabout Fani Willis * Ross Douthat and “Neocon Nikki” This is a pub...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com In a rebroadcast of our latest Second Sunday, Tina Nguyen joins the lads again to discuss Substack, Andrew Yang, Kmele fighting another podcast host, James Bond, Tucker Carlson, Vietnamese immigrants, militias, and…the great Tom Vu. In case you’re unfamiliar with America’s greatest Vietnamese import, some of his great...

* The year of the ladies * They’re pro-Houthi * They’re Weebs * The MAGA Diaries * The diaspora politics of the Vietnamese * MAGA Straussianism * Tina and Tucker * Tina and the militias * Kmele and the Houthis * It’s always World War Three * Just say they went too far… * NYT on Russia bombing hospitals * Some Iowa thoughts * Some brief thoughts on the fake Substack Nazi controversy This is a publi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Matt, swallowed by Los Alamos * Jon Ronson’s new pod * A terrible trailer, a pretentious movie * Ringo Seal!!! Trump is “being persecuted” * Head injuries that help * Listen to that podcast, even if it’s terrible * A hot plagiarist * Substack and Nazis * Chomsky and Jeffery * Kmele’s new favorite football player * A...

Should we even bother with the normal bullet points? Because it’s mostly about Claudine Gay. And the media’s embarrassing reaction to Gay’s “duplicative phrasing” and “attribution issues.” And what this says about the rot in academia. And something about a Disney Plus show. And ladies who live in trees. And how Kmele’s ice has to be colder than Welch’s ice. And a generation of dumb intellectuals....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * The last one of the year * The French public sector * Macron and the menorah * Exploding appliances * Nick & Kanye * Nikki’s slavery gaffe * But does she have a shot? * Billionaires on the “billionaire class” * Don’t forget about RFK * Who blew up the pipeline? * Why we believe what we believe * Vivek’s “inside job”

* I resign! * (“That was a great apartment….”) * I resign! * (“That was the worst job….”) * Mansplaining the war * Too big to process * It’s like 9/11 for Americans, and also not * “You can still smell the death” * The Jericho Wall revelations * “I’m pretty sure most people who were responsible will resign” * Were judicial protests a distraction? * State fails, society rallies * A time for Diaspor...

* Can Kmele sing? * A guy is surrounded by some racists * In praise of…Alec Baldwin? * Protesters are like racists * Trump and Colorado * Smart people who have come to some strange conclusions on this… * He’s screwing with you. You know that right? * They think you don’t understand policy * Not a lot of loyalty….(plus: a paean to Hope Hicks) * One word: NEW YORK * From Jihad to Lego * A silly list...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * It wasn’t a debate * Moynihan loves islands. Who doesn’t? * University stuff * “Late capitalism” * Walt Disney wasn’t a Nazi * Backfilling history * Massaging numbers * On the Qataris…. * And a bunch of listeners chime in!

* Ron Karenga * Handel’s Messiah and stock portfolio * Musicology is dumb, says Matt * Hip-hop is appropriation and it’s great * Method Man thinks the Stones and Bootsy are the same * The Fall of Minneapolis * The Fifth’s verdict * Some good things, some bad things * Revisiting the Chauvin trial * An 800,000 word reflection from James Bennet * Fanaticism and forgivenness * How is this plagiarist s...

* The editorial board of the Washington Post * What what wrong with the cease fire * On culpability * Can there *be* a negotiated settlement? * Is it really “the occupation”? * That wild 2022 video from Jenin that Moynihan mentioned * You’re going to be defrocked * Being handcuffed by “the Nahkba” * The insane rape conspiracy theories—and why they exist * Are all these people pro-Hamas? * Mrs. Gay...